28 - Botanical Artworks, Prints and Reproductions - James Hamlyn Willis Guide to Records

Series 28 - Botanical Artworks, Prints and Reproductions

Date Range	1867 - 1990?
Quantity	70 cm, 44 prints and files
Provenance	James Hamlyn Willis
Description	Various prints of botanical drawings, paintings and lithograms. Drawings by Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller (possibly donated by Miss Moira Pye, Croydon); miscellaneous colour reproductions of floral paintings; prints of bird paintings (sent with compliments of Bruce D. Tracey, Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd.); reprints of wildflower paintings by Ellis Rowan (held at the Australian National Library, Canberra); a page of original plant drawings by W.H. Nicholls from 1928; illustration of 'Proteaceae: Hakea' by Charles Dicker.
Arranged	Artworks generally grouped according to artist. Some prints are loose, others held in plastic bags, envelopes or portfolios. No overall system of arrangement (alphabetical, chronological) is apparent.

Inventory Listing

28-1	Drawings of 4 new plants by J. H. Willis, 1952
	Annotations - Royal Society. Plate VII. To accompany Willis: Notes on Australian Composita..(?) Reduce to 7' x 42'. Royal Society 11715 Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 1952 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 print Formats Unmounted Artworks and Drawings Inventory Identifier WILL01573 Box Number O/S Series 28
28-2	Plant Drawings by F. Mueller Reproductions
	6 black and white drawings, each drawing measures 38 cm x 29 cm - Styphelia Hainesii & Michea symphyanthera; Polypompholyx exigna; (untitled); Two copies of Leeuwenhoekia creberrima; Trigonella suavissima Zindl. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 1867? - 1990? Quantity 1 cm, 6 prints Formats Unmounted Artworks and Drawings Inventory Identifier WILL01574 Box Number O/S Series 28
28-3	The Wild Flowers around Melbourne by Penny Anne Charsley London, Published by Day & Son (Limited) Gate Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, W. C.
	8 pages (plates) of black and white drawings, including front cover. Drawings each measure 37 cm x 29 cm. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 1867 Quantity 1 cm, 8 prints Formats Unmounted Artworks, Books and Drawings Inventory Identifier WILL01575 Box Number O/S Series 28
28-4	Exhibition, Reproductions
	An invitation to the Exhibition and Printing Demonstrations at the Galleries of the State Library of New South Wales...of BANKS FLORILEGIUM, and coloured prints by Anne Webster, Lillian Snelling. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range c. 1970 Quantity 1 cm, 17 prints Formats Unmounted Artworks Inventory Identifier WILL01576 Box Number O/S Series 28
28-5	Ellis Rowan Library, J. H. Willis.
	Published by Associated Pulp and Papers Mills Ltd. Prints of Wilflower Painting in Australian National Library, Canberra., 56 cm x 40 cm each black envelope. One envelope is empty. Birds of Paradise. Two water colour drawings by Ellis Rowan 1848 - 1922, and brief history, 44 cm x 32cm. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range December 1970 - 1971 Quantity 1 cm, 5 prints Formats Unmounted Artworks and General Publications Inventory Identifier WILL01577 Box Number O/S Series 28
28-6	34 British Orchid Cards
	Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Alphanumeric i.e. "F" followed by 3 diginit number (e.g. F 105). Date range 1867? - 1990?, Date unknown. Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Ephemera Inventory Identifier WILL01677 Box Number 1 Series 28
28-7	New Zealand Ferns by E.C. Harris
	Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 1867? - 1990?, Date unknown. Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier WILL01707 Box Number 1 Series 28
28-8	Moss Drawings by Celia Rossel, 1972
	Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 1972 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Formats Unmounted Artworks and Loose Notes Inventory Identifier WILL01708 Box Number 1 Series 28
28-9	10 Green Lithograms of New Zealand Ferns (Loose) - were these photos ever published?
	Includes handwritten annotations. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 1867? - 1990?, Date unknown Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Formats Unmounted Artworks and Loose Notes Inventory Identifier WILL01709 Box Number 1 Series 28
28-10	"Hooked on Proteas"
	Painting by Zoe Carter from Proteas of the World, and review of the book by J.H. Willis. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 11 June 1994 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL01710 Box Number 1 Series 28
28-11	Two Printing Plates Mounted on Wooden Blocks Held in box labelled "For Cave Article".
	Photo Negatives of a nature scene, and an aboriginal drawing. Plates wrapped in paper from The Australian Women's Weekly - May 7, 1949. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 1949?, Date unknown. Quantity 3 cm, 1 file Formats Mounted Works of Art Inventory Identifier WILL01741 Box Number 1 Series 28
28-12	Illustration of 'Proteaceae: Hakea' by Charles Dicker 1855-1912 Gift to Willis?
	The Illustration was part of the records transferred by Ruth Churchyard to the Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, and overlooked in the original transferral of records to Austehc (previously Asap). Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control 192 (pencilled on back of frame) Date range Date unknown Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file Formats Mounted Works of Art Inventory Identifier WILL01758 Box Number 2 Series 28

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, November 2000
With support from Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Norman Wettenhall Foundation, William Buckland Foundation and The Maud Gibson Trust
Listed by Rachel Tropea with Andrea Barnes and Fay Anderson
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Updated 15 November 2007
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